Shoe-polish

Date: 1936 - 1937

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

Reference: Eph-A-CABOT-Variety-1936/1937

Description: Includes programmes or fliers for the following: 1936?: Stanley McKay's Gaieties. "Lots o' fun". Gala gift matinee. Last matinee of the season ... when a brand new bicycle will be given away. Grand Opera House [1936?]. Flier (2 copies) 1936: Clem Dawe and his Australian Revue Company present "Seeing the world" (With Edna Luscombe, Rex Leslie, the Mariajanos, Clem Dawe, Dorothy White, Joe Shriner). Pavilion Theatre Liverpool, 17 February 1936. Programme St James - Majestic Review. Sir Benjamin Fuller presents the Hart-Brian Vaudeville Company in "Why go to Paris". Ballets and ensembles by Janice Hart; produced by Frank O'Brian. [March 1936]. Programme on folded flyer Long Tack Sam and his wonderful Chinese; also 7 European Vaudeville acts. The show that will amaze you. Opera House, Saturday next, May 30 [1936]. Pink flyer (2 copies) Stanley McKay's The Gaieties of 1936 Revue and Vaudeville Co. (With Ike Delavale, Russell Callow, Joe Rox, Patricia and Colin, Winne Edgerton, Elvy Ferguson, May Brooke, Maggie Buckley, Pat Reno and the Sunkissed Ballet). His Majesty's Dunedin, 8 February 1936. Programme Stanley McKay's The Gaieties of 1936 Revue and Vaudeville Co. in their second brilliant production "Life begins at 8" (With Ike Delavale, Russell Callow, Joe Rox, Patricia and Colin, Winnie Edgerton, Elvy Ferguson, George Corelli, May Brooke, Maggie Buckley, Pat Reno and the Sunkissed Ballet). St James Theatre Christchurch, 18 January 1936. Programme Stanley McKay presents the Gaieties of 1936 International Vaudeville Co. in the sparkling revue "Tres bien" (With photos of Jerry Keogh, Geo Corelli, Ike Delavale, Russell Callow, May Brooke, Maggie Buckley, Joe Rox, Winnie Edgerton, Elvy Ferguson, Pat Reno and his wonderful performing dogs). Grand Opera House Wellington, 7 March 1936. Programme Rex Theatre Cuba Street. Next Saturday afternoon 2 o'clock, Special Children's Matinee, 200 free prizes. Badges for all who attend, and proozes to those with the shiniest shoes. Join the "Nugget" Shiny Shoes Club, ... Box 1490 GPO Wellington. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 50564 [1936] 1937: Frank Neil in conjunction with J C Williamson Ltd present Con Colleano and 30 international variety stars. Irene Vermillion and her famous Dart Trumpeters. "Lucky Stars". Grand Opera House Wellington, Grand farewell gala night Wednesday September 15th when the Frank Neil Show will present "The hits of the season". Programme Frank Neil stages world's variety stars in the gorgeous Xmas extravaganza, "Hello 1938". Tivoli (Melbourne), commencing 20 December 1937. Programme The Marcus Show. Greater Marcus Show ... "Broadway vanities". Grand Opera House Wellington, 8 May [1937]. Programme Frank Neil in conjunction with J C Williamson Ltd present Con Colleano and 30 international variety stars. Irene Vermillion and her famous Dart Trumpeters. "The talk of the town". Grand Opera House Wellington , 1 September 1937. Under direction of Connors and Paul, New Celebrity Musical Revue Coy. 50 artists in another outstanding success. 30 glamour girls and Queenie Paul's Sunkissed Beauties. Connors & Paul Productions by arrangement with Sir Benjamin Fuller present their new company of revue stars headed by George Wallace (With Mike Connors, Will Miller, Laurel Streeter, Edna Hardy, Mary Wilson, Dulcie Sands, Maureen Brennan, Moreno Trio, Will Miller, Lulla Fanning, Leo Trenette, Queenie Paul). New Opera House Wellington, commencing Saturday January 9th 1937. Programme Connors & Paul Productions by arrangement with Sir Benjamin Fuller present their new company of revue stars headed by George Wallace. New Opera House Wellington, commencing Saturday January 16th 1937. Programme Connors & Paul Productions presenting their brand new Anglo-American Revue Company in "Hoity, Toity!" Grand Opera House Wellington, 27 December 1937. Connors & Paul Productions presenting their brand new Anglo-American Revue Company in "Hotsie, Totsie" Grand Opera House Wellington, 27 December 1937. Connors & Paul Productions presenting their brand new Anglo-American Revue Company in "Topsy Turvy!". Grand Opera House Wellington, 27 December 1937. Programme Sir Benjamin Fuller by arrangement with Mr Bertram Montague presents "Let's go places", produced by Lewis Marks. Grand Opera House, 25 September 1937. Programme Sir Benjamin Fuller by arrangement with Mr Bertram Montague presents "This year of carnival", produced by Lewis Marks. Grand Opera House, 2 October 1937. Programme Stanley McKay presents The Gaieties of 1937, featuring Joe Lawman, in sparkling review (with May Brooke, Joy Wright, Kathleen Howard, George Corelli, Elton Black, Cy Pier, Bob Leslie, Rene Manning, Stella Lamond, Mitzi Arnold, Will Newton). New Opera House Wellington [1937]. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes or fliers, under 250 mm.

Date: 1945 - 1959

Reference: Eph-C-CLEANING-1950s-01

Description: Display card advertising the protective qualities of Kiwi shoe polish shows an illustration of two ducks flying, and at lower right a shiny black leather shoe showing trace droplets of water. The ducks may be of the species American wood duck, found in North America. The card shows an American wood duck. Therefore it is likely this card was not for the New Zealand market. It is of interest partly because of the brand name of the shoe polish. "The polish was developed in Australia by William Ramsay who named it Kiwi after the flightless bird endemic to New Zealand, the home country of his wife, Annie Elizabeth Meek Ramsay. Its success in Australia expanded overseas when it was adopted by both the British and American armies in World War I. Previously owned by the Sara Lee Corporation since 1984, it was sold in 2011 to S. C. Johnson. It is the dominant shoe polish in some countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, where it has about two-thirds of the market". ((Information from Wikipedia, 23 April 2016) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on rigid card, 356 x 231 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private vendor in 2016.

Date: 1930-1947

From: Rountree, Harry, 1878-1950: [Ephemera and posters accessioned 2019]

Reference: Eph-A-GRAPHIC-ARTS-Rountree-01

Description: British display card featuring a mouse-faced long-legged bird or bat. It wears shiny lace-up shoes, a yellow hat, red and blue wings, and carries a tin of boot polish (specifically for brown leather) decorated with cherries. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 235 x 178 mm.

Date: 1917

From: [Ephemera relating to patriotism, fundraising for the war effort, during World War I. 1914-1918. Folder 1]

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Patriotic-1917-01-10

Description: Advertisement for Kiwi boot polish shows a soldier riding on the back of a kiwi. Gives the prices of black, tan, oxblood colours of polish. The lower half shows a black kiwi and a white kiwi facing each other. Extended Title - From "Matinee in aid of the finds of the ANZAC Club & Buffet, London, 1917", page 10. Quantity: 1. Physical Description: Offset print on page of booklet, 248 x 188 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-CLEANING-1950s-02

Description: Shows a hand applying Bostock's cream shoe dressing from a tube to the toe of one of a pair of black shoes. A tube abd packet of the product are also shown at lower left. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph, 915 x 585 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2007.

Date: 1907 - 1923

From: [Ephemera related to cleaning, cleansers, cleaning agents and chemicals, laundry and laundries, dry cleaners. 1900-1949]

By: Weeks Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-CLEANING-1920s-01

Description: Display card advertising Radium boot polish shows a gentleman in a dressing gown or smoking jacket, loading several pairs of shoes into the arms of a small manservant. At centre left is a circular image of the lid of a tin of polish, said to be suitable "for box calf, glace kid, patent and other leathers". Colour scheme is red and yellow. Radium polish was advertised as early as 1907 (Manawatu Times, 6 December 1907, Page 7), and as late as 1930. An advertisement in the NZ Truth, 12 May 1923, page 2), shows a logo similar to that on the lid shown on this advertising card. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on light card, 180 x 232 mm, with string attached through two holes punched on top edge.

Date: 1921

By: Times (London, England)

Reference: Eph-C-CLEANING-1921-01

Description: Front cover illustration on a British magazine shows an advertisement for Kiwi boot polish, with an illustration of a kiwi pointing its beak up towards the Kiwi brand name. At the lower right is an illustration of a tin of black kiwi boot polish. The artist's initials, AB, are at lower right. The oval shape, on which the name "Kiwi" is superimposed, has a decorative border adapted from a Maori motif. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 425 x 280 mm.

Date: 2014

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0027365

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key as a shoe-shine boy, kneeling at the feet of Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. Abbott leans back in his chair, enjoying the shoe shine, telling Key, "You can still bring as much Kiwi boot polish over as you want." Behind Abbott, a sign reads, Anzac St. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).